單詞
hum
英 [h?m]
美[h?m]
基本信息
- vi. 發低哼聲
- vt. 用哼聲表示
- n. 嗡嗡聲；哼聲；雜聲
- int. 哼；嗯
- n. (Hum)人名；(匈、塞、英)胡姆；(東南亞國家華語)湛
CET6TEM4IELTS考研中低頻詞核心詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?hums;過去式:?hummed;過去分詞:?hummed;現在分詞:?humming;
助記提示
hum...........哼?麼..........哼唱
中文詞源
hum 嗡嗡叫
擬聲詞，嗡嗡叫的聲音。
英文詞源
- hum (v.)
- late 14c., hommen "make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment," later hummen "to buzz, drone" (early 15c.), probably of imitative origin. Sense of "sing with closed lips" is first attested late 15c.; that of "be busy and active" is 1884, perhaps on analogy of a beehive. Related: Hummed; humming. Humming-bird (1630s) so called from sound made by the rapid vibration of its wings.
There is a curious bird to see to, called a humming bird, no bigger then a great Beetle. [Thomas Morton, "New English Canaan," 1637]
- hum (n.)
- mid-15c., from hum (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
- 嗯，很抱歉，我以為你是法國人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. There was a general hum of conversation around them.
- 他們周圍的人都在嗡嗡地低聲交談。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. My general reaction to this news might be summed up as "ho-hum"
- 我對這條消息的總體反應可以用“哼兒哈兒”來概括。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The new government seemed rather hum-drum.
- 新政府看起來平庸無能。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The place is really beginning to hum.
- 這個地方真正開始熱鬧起來了。
來自柯林斯例句